A photographer from Hampshire has had his picture of Stonehenge displayed at an exhibition in London.
Chris Gorman, 50, Hampshire took a photo of Stonehenge at sunrise and was chosen for it to be featured at the British Press Photographers’ Association assignments exhibition on South Bank.
The exhibition, at the Oxo Tower Wharf, is an annual event that displays the best photography from all the hundreds of members in the British Press Photographers’ Association.
This year’s exhibition features five floors of photographs covering events from the King’s Coronation to the Israel-Hamas war.
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The exhibition is free to attend and will run until June 2. For more information, you can visit their website.
Chris said: “It’s a privilege to be chosen. I had been planning the picture for quite a long time but just needed the right weather. It needed to be a beautiful, crisp morning - which last winter wasn’t very easy as we had extremely wet weather.”
Chris has been a photographer for all his working life with over 30 years of experience specialising in landscape pictures. He goes by the name “The Big Ladder Photographer” and his work has featured previously on Sky News, The Daily Telegraph, BBC and The Guardian.
One morning, Chris went to get a photo of Salisbury Cathedral in a misty sunrise, but when he got there, the mist was non-existent. So, he went to Stonehenge to see if that would be a better picture and took the photograph which was taken to the exhibition.
What makes the picture most unique is the angle it was taken from a birds-eye view angle. Chris used a drone to achieve the shot – a method he is passionate about in his career as a press photographer.
He said: “What I like to do is photograph well known landmarks. Some have only been seen from the ground.
“It’s just a way of seeing the world from a completely different perspective than what we have ever seen before.”
Chris also runs drone photography workshops to teach people how drones can be used creatively in their work and how to fly them safely and legally. For more information, visit his website.
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